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Genetically ‘male’ woman gives birth to twins. Great, but did she have to?
A few days back, I read about a medical miracle that occurred in the Indian city of. I understand that a ‘genetically male’ woman has given birth to twins. A 32-year-old ‘woman’ had a rare hormonal...
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Pakistan versus India: The ultimate World Cup jinx
On February 15, 2015, India and Pakistan will lock horns and kick-start their respective World Cup campaigns. India versus Pakistan is not, and never has been, an ordinary cricket match, it is much...
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I stand with Altaf Hussain
I fail to understand the hue and cry against the comparisons of the events of Islamabad to a mujra. If anything Altaf Hussain insulted Heera Mandi with the comparison. At least with Heera Mandi...
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Dear PTI and MQM, abuse and vitriol won’t get us anywhere
The recent war of words, clichéd personal attacks and mudslinging between Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership has once again drawn a wedge between the two major...
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Kashmir protest: Is India in denial?
The controversial hangings of two Kashmiris inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail, in less than three decades at crucial junctures of Jammu and Kashmir’s political history (1984 and 2013), may have satisfied the...
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Red is the colour of love, so are these divine strawberry recipes for...
If you were like me, you would have noticed the hues of red being painted around town in order to commemorate Valentine’s Day. From flowers to painted boards to stuffed teddy bears to inflated hearts –...
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‘Ma kee kasam meri bhen hay ye’: I’m all set for Valentine’s Day
If the famous Bollywood song from Amar Akbar Anthony was made in 2015 in Pakistan, the lyrics would be altered to, “Taliban pyar ke dushman haye haye, Meri jaan ke dushman haye haye”. The war on love...
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To the Pakistan cricket team: Baby, you’re a firework!
Never in my life have I quoted a Katy Perry song. Never. Until today. Why? Because Saeed Ajmal mentioned a patakha. And because I’m really, really cheesy. But so are you. We all are. Everyone who has...
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“You think you can harass me just because I’m a woman?” – You tell him,...
The news today is inundated with reports of women of all ages being raped and harassed. So when I came across a video of a young woman who confronted a fellow male passenger who had groped her on a...
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Gay man thrown off a building: ISIS and TTP, our Frankensteins
I must warn you – there is nothing new to read here. There is nothing here that spells ‘recipe for changing the world’. There are no prescriptions or solutions to the horrors we are witnessing today or...
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#ChapelHillShooting: Do #MuslimLivesMatter in Islamophobic US?
The front page of the New York Post on Wednesday morning, February 11, 2015, did not have a single mention of the three Muslim students, belonging to the same family, who were brutally gunned down in...
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Pakistan Women’s Day: It’s about time we start respecting Shireen Mazari and...
February 12, 2015, commemorates National Women’s Day in Pakistan, for our mothers, doctors, engineers, leaders, homemakers and women belonging to every strata, class and religion in society. But while...
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The not so pricey Valentine’s Day basket for your priceless other
The big day is around the corner and you haven’t gotten a gift for your loved one as yet? Worry not, as your spree saviour, moi, is here to save the day. It’s high time you get your gifts ready, if you...
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Love in the time of World Cup 1999
If you ask Pakistanis about their favourite cricket World Cup, most will mention the ’92 version. The reasons are obvious and manifold. Pakistan became world champions in typically dramatic fashion and...
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The demons on my stage
I was happy, content and so engrossed in the performance that the world ceased to exist for a few moments and then, suddenly, the whole act collapsed right in front of me. The performance ended...
View ArticleWhile Pakistani ad agencies are busy making ‘chai’, I made a World Cup...
Just like my life, this blog might not have a particular sense of direction. There is a lot boiling up in my head and I will try to intersect all my rants. First of all people, calm down. Seriously....
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Dear Indonesia, rejecting the “condomisation of society” is not the solution
“We reject the condomisation of society.” Nope, that’s not a headline from The Onion or The Oatmeal. And it’s not taken from any satirical website. I am quoting directly from the Wall Street Journal’s...
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Pakistan cricket’s comic side, explained in Pak-India matches
There are two ways of approaching an India-Pakistan cricket match being played in the World Cup. You can lose yourself in unbridled passion and get set up for either rapturous joy or deep gloom. Or you...
View ArticleHow the western media played its part in the #ChapelHillShooting
“Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” – Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird. Does it make you feel better when the tables turn? The...
View ArticleI, for one, am not looking forward to the Pakistan versus India match
Many Indian cricket fans do not yearn for their team to win the World Cup title as much as they want their team to win against arch rivals, Pakistan. Since the dawn of partition, there has been a...
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